MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Ryan Gusto
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Ryan Gusto wins 1 (K).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Ryan Gusto
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.8%
Ryan Gusto
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
38.0%
Ryan Gusto
15.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.4%
Ryan Gusto
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.4%
Ryan Gusto
49.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
8.1%
Ryan Gusto
13.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.239
Ryan Gusto
.385
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cade Smith
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.60
Ryan Gusto
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.91
now 1.08
1.22
Ryan Gusto
.9001.91
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4069.80
now 42
50
Ryan Gusto
4069.80
now 4
51
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
23
Ryan Gusto
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00044.80
now 20
1732
Ryan Gusto
.00044.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Gusto — hold.conf 0.50
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